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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks all – very interesting..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I don’t bloat my PCs, even my main internet PC is pretty thin when it comes to what is installed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I just looked to see what my internet PC is and:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>i7 @ 3.4Ghz with 8Gb RAM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I might build this PC up into a DAW (add more RAM). At least this way my DAW is up and running for the month that it will take me to get everything working..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Btw, you all mentioned SSD drives. What do you put on these? Audio or operating system? Or, something else?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>ta<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>London<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>www.punkdisco.co.uk</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Peter Korsten [mailto:peter@severity-one.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> 15 December 2014 20:48<br><b>To:</b> Music-bar<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: PC DAW Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>foRUMS 4 punkdISCO schreef op 15-12-2014 20:11:<span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Is there still value in having a separate DAW PC?<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br>To answer that, first you need to answer why you would want/need it separate. To me, this comes from the time that device drivers weren't written very well, and the operating system let you get away with it. With Windows NT and its successors (2000, XP, Vista, 7 and 8) it's become increasingly better protected.<br><br>What you could consider is to have a dedicated drive purely for audio, so it doesn't get filled up with your anime collection and such.<br><br>The trick is not to mess up your computer, but that's not limited to audio. So you have to ask yourself, do I really need all these games, graphics applications, utilities, and so on?<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>What about a single very powerful PC with dual booting (working PC / DAW PC)?<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br>Same difference as the previous. Whether you have two PCs with two installations, or one PC with two installations, it's two installations.<br><br>Personally, I can't be bothered with the hassle of having to reboot my machine. If anything, I start up a virtual machine if I want to play with something. But I wouldn't recommend running an audio package in a VM.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Is there still value in going for a specialist DAW builder? In the past I have always done this and accepted the extra 20% it probably has cost me. But, my current very powerful Dell internet PC is completely silent so again, Im wondering if this theory is also dead..?<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br>There's value in it if you don't know an awful lot of computers, or if your time is too valuable to spend ages tinkering. I always build my own PCs, although "evolve" would be a more accurate description. Every so often, I replace a part with something better.<br><br>- Peter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>